Leslie Not Man Wanted In Carroll
The Carroll County GOP delegates oppose Fred S. Purnell for allegedly stalling the Indianapolis convention to boost Leslie of Lafayette as a prospective governor candidate. Landis supporters across counties including Clinton and Fountain recount voting tallies showing strong Landis preference on multiple ballots. Historically, the Ninth district aligned with Landis while the Tenth district produced recent governor nominees McCray Jackson and Leslie.
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Carroll County
Fred Landis
Fred S. Purnell
Congress
Indianapolis
Harry “Skillet
Leslie
Lafayette
House of Representatives
Purnell
Landis
Parnell
Clinton County
Howard
Fountain County
Montgomery
Tipton
Boone
Warren T. McCray
Kentland
Ed Jackson
False report on Frank Dailey's religion circulated at Indianapolis
A rumor claims Frank C. Dailey is a Catholic, just before the Democratic convention in Indianapolis where his name appears for Governor. Dailey denies any religious prejudice, affirms constitutional worship rights, and notes his own Methodist faith and Masonic affiliation, with the Thirty-second degree listed.
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Indianapolis
Frank C. Dailey
Dailey
Methodist
Masons
Delphi High School Holds Commencement And Awards
The Delphi school year closed with Friday exercises featuring the senior class day program and commencement. Forty graduates received diplomas as Rev. R. Dale LeCount delivered the invocation and Dr. W. P. Deering spoke on The Battle With the Beast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Dale LeCount
The
Presbyterian Church
W. P. Deering
Oakland City College
C. T. Amick
Bradshaw
Ruth Larimore
John Peterson
Mary Heiland
Edgar Ferrier
Charles Carroll
Armory Building Progress Reported in City
Armory and city building work advances with concrete footings poured and ground leveled. Bricklayers began Monday as steel, lumber, tile, brick, cement and lime arrive by carload for further construction. Red bricks sourced from Danville kilns in Michigan support ongoing progress.
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Danville
George Downing Injured In Auto Collision
George Downing of the west side suffered a broken left collar bone and facial cuts when his car collided head on with a car driven by Albert Ellis near the West Side road and Franklin street. Downing was taken for medical care. Mrs Downing escaped injury and Ellis was unhurt. Both vehicles were badly damaged.
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George Downing
West Side
Albert Ellis
Downing
C. C. Crampton
Franklin Street
Canal
Mr. Ellis
Mother and son at Lafayette hospital
Harry O'Farrell of Delphi was rushed to St. Elizabeth's hospital in Lafayette on Sunday for bowel obstruction surgery. His mother Mrs. Dennis O'Farrell remains hospitalized at St. Elizabeth's with a tumor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry O’farrell
Delphi
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Lafayette
Dennis O’farrell
Smith Child Undergoes Operation Reported
William son of Mr and Mrs Ralph Smith underwent an operation with details limited to the family announcement. The brief note lists no complications or follow up steps. Further information was not provided in the column.
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William
Ralph Smith
Marriage Licenses for John Burge and Sarah Riggu Gagaden
John C. Burge a Camden farmer wed Sarah E. Riggu Gagaden in a marriage license filing detailing the two individuals and their residences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Burge
Camden
Sarah E. Riggu Gagaden
Building Men Strike For Wage Increase
The first labor trouble at the new armory building occurred last Saturday when several laborers demanded a five cent an hour wage increase. The contractors flatly refused and, by start of work, four or five replacements had taken the quitters’ places. Wages paid were not disclosed.
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Armory
Subscribe for The Citizen and Electric Light Bills
The notice hints at subscribing to The Citizen newspaper and refers briefly to electric light bill payments. No clear event details, dates, or names are provided.
Holt Found Not Guilty in Kokomo Court
Olin R. Holt of Kokomo, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate, was found not guilty in Kokomo police court after being charged with intoxication as returns came in. The court noted he may have been drinking but was not in the legal state of intoxication. Holt previously ran for governor four years earlier with backing from a now-defunct ballot-organization. He was listed as a dry candidate by the American Issue Anti-Saloon League Publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olin R. Holt
Kokomo
Holt
Anti-Saloon League
Yard Beautification Contest Sponsored by Woman's Club
The Woman's Club sponsors a yard beautification contest with six city prizes of five dollars each. The Chamber of Commerce assists in judging in July. Winners will be selected based on fourteen merit points including sod condition and plant variety.
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Woman’s Club
Chamber of Commerce
Beadle Reappointed to Indiana Sanatorium Board
E P Beadle of The Citizen was reappointed as a trustee of the Indiana State Sanatorium at Rockville after notifications from the secretary of state. He has served multiple terms, been treasurer for two terms, and is currently president of the board.
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E. P. Beadle
The
Citizen
Secretary of State
Indiana State Sanatorium
Rockville
James P. Goodrich
Branch
Jackson
Beadle
Memorial Sermon Heard By Five Who Wore Blue
Memorial services at the Methodist church were sparsely attended as Rev. O. P. Manker delivered the sermon. Three G A R members joined the parade from the G A R rooms to the church, with two already seated. Boothroyd Post lists nineteen members, fourteen county residents, and others in White County Clinton Hancock and Tippecanoe.
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Methodist Church
O. P. Manker
Boothroyd Post
White County
Clinton and
Hancock
Tippecanoe
Flora man arrested for passing worthless checks
Charlies E. Davis of Flora was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon by Sheriff Sink on charges of passing worthless checks. Davis, employed by a saw mill company in Flora, allegedly issued several checks in Delphi without funds to cover them. None of the checks were for
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Flora
Sink
Davis
Delphi
Educational Board Plans Meeting Next Monday
Carroll County board of education will hold its regular monthly meeting in the office of County Superintendent C A Bailey next Monday afternoon. Bailey says most business will be routine unless trustees raise new points. A county nurse was discussed in April but no action taken. trustees may debate funding and supervision, with some favoring a nurse under township control paid separately by towns and county societies.
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Tuberculosis Society
Red Cross
County Farm Bureau and Women Gather in Delphi
A Carroll County Farm Bureau meeting and its auxiliary women met in Delphi last Saturday with unusual political interest. The group discussed threats of retaliatory actions if President Coolidge vetoed the McNary Haugen bill, and delegates were named to national conventions. A Flora park picnic was planned for August 30 with committees listed for arrangements, program, and dinner.
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Carroll County Farm Bureau
Delphi
Coolidge
George Sites
Kansas City
Claude Wickard
Houston
Indiana
Farm Bureau
Vera Hatch
Bureau
Flora Park
J. .W. Eikenberry
Che Campbell
William Douglas
Orvil Schock
Taylor F
Golf Club Social Affair Draws Large Crowd
The Country club hosted a record turnout for a Friday evening dinner at 6 30 with dancing to the Melody Makers orchestra. President James P. Wason announced a women members business session on June 8 and a Fourth of July fireworks display with Rus Wilson as fireworks fund chairman.
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Country Club
James P. Wason
Melody Makers Orchestra
Wason
Rus Wilson
C. E Carney
John Carney
Charles Cartwright
Victim of Accident Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Mrs. Sidney Maxwell, who several weeks ago accidentally shot herself in the abdomen, has recovered enough to go home from Lafayette Home hospital. The bullet entered a kidney, which was removed during surgery.
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Sidney Maxwell
Lafayette
First Band Concert Scheduled in Delphi
The first band concert of the summer will be held in Delphi on the night of Thursday June 7. The event promises performances by the town's student musicians and invites residents to attend.
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Delphi
Delphi Park Set to Open Next Friday Evening
Delphi announces the formal opening of its city park next Friday at 7 30 with a music program and talks by local leaders including park board members. Superintendent F B Lyon lists reservations for 1928 with families and organizations assigned to dates and lawn or house use.
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Delphi
F. B. Lyon
Lyon
Lyons
Trustee McCarty Employs Rockfield School Teachers
Rock Creek township trustee Jesse McCarty, in Delphi last Saturday, announced he had hired all Rockfield school teachers for next year with one exception music. Lena Welch gains life-time tenure as primary teacher under recent General Assembly laws. Other hires include Atwood Bliss principal Mauckport Westie Rickert Union City Latin and mathematics Miss Hendrix Burlington domestic science and biology James Caughill Idaville junior high Raymond Moyer grades four to six.
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Jesse McCarty
Rock Creek Township
Delphi
Rockfield
Lena
Welch
McCarty
Atwood Bliss
Mauckport
Westie Rickert
Union City
Miss Hendrix
Burlington
James Caughill
Idaville
Raymond Moyer
Attorney General Rules on Tenure Law For Teachers
Attorney General Gillom declares teachers may enter an indefinite contract after five successive years under the tenure law. A teacher is permanent and entitled to due compensation, but assignments to specific schools are not fixed permanently according to the opinion sent to Roy P Wisehart, state superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L.gilliam
Roy P. Wisehart
Gilliam
Mrs Amos Welker Suffers Broken Hip in Delphi Yard
Mrs Amos Welker a Delphi resident aged 66 fell in her yard Sunday evening and sustained a broken hip. She was taken to St Elizabeths hospital early Monday and is reported to be getting along nicely.
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Amos Welker
Delphi
Welker
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Deputy Clerk Agnes Margowski Taken Ill at Office
Deputy clerk Miss Agnes Margowski was taken ill on decoration day and confined to her home or hospital as the brief item notes her illness and absence from duties.
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Agnes Margowski
Thinning Ranks of Civil War Veterans Pose 1953 End
Government survey shows Civil War veterans on pension rolls fell from a peak of 754,882 in 1898 to under 80,000 today, with only 79,300 over 80 years old. Six decades after the war, the department of the interior forecasts the last veteran may be removed from the pension list within a quarter century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
Department
Daniel Bakerman
Servic Origi
Walter Shirar in county jail on assault and desertion charges
Walter J. Shirar of Burlington was arrested Saturday by Deputy Sheriff Frank Sink and Marshal Doxey Moore on assault and battery charges against his wife, later charged with wife desertion. He awaits circuit court next Monday with attorney Gus A Hall. The accused allegedly beat his wife, who tried to drown herself and her baby in Little Deer Creek. state road workers intervened. In court Monday Judge Pruitt arraigned Shirar as Mrs. Shirar and the child were present.
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Walter J. Shirar
Burlington
Frank Sink
Doxey Moore
Carroll County
Gus. A. Hall
Shiraz
Little Deer Creek
State Road
Decoration Day Services Held in Delphi Area
Decoration Day services occurred in Delphi and Deer Creek township with G A R and American Legion volunteers decorating 365 blue army graves in local cemeteries. A noon W R C dinner followed, then Ralph Hanna spoke to a full room at 2 30. At 4 00 veterans memorialized the sea dead over Deer Creek at Washington Street Bridge.
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Delphi
American Legion
Deer Creek Township
Rockfield
Burrows, Yeoman
Pittsburg
Ralph Hanna
Deer Creek
Washington Street
Kokomo High School Class of 1878 Reunion Draws Four Hundred
Attorney William C. Smith attended the fiftieth reunion of Kokomo high school's 1878 class. Nine members survive, four attended. Smith spoke to about four hundred alumni at the Masonic Temple. Attendees visited Mrs. Bessie Cox, 88, a former teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Smith
Kokomo High School
Pearson's Meat Market Ad Promises Quality Service
An old classified style notice touts Pearson's Meat Market with a slogan emphasizing quality first and service, inviting customers to call phone 162 for inquiries and orders.
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Pearson's Meat Market
Republicans Held Great Convention in Indiana
The Citizen comments on a spring GOP gathering in Indianapolis describing it as a housecleaning convention and noting the overhaul of state agencies. The piece mocks fiscal deals, public utilities, and prison projects while signaling a critic’s view of Indiana Republicans and promising future articles on state and local affairs.
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Indianapolis
Annie
Gary
Fort Wayne
Evansville
Foxy Jim
Indiana
State Highway Commission
Accounting Board
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio River
Kentucky
County Board of Review to Convene Next Monday
The annual session of the county board of review will commence next Monday. It coincides with the monthly board of commissioners meeting and the board of education session, implying a busy start to the week. Members include County Assessor Orvel Shock as president and County Auditor J L Whiteman.
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Board OF Review
County Board of Review
Board of Commissioners
Board of Education
Orvel Shock
J. L. Whiteman
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Carroll
Fred Purnell
Frank
Charles Kerlin
W. H. Bradshaw
Sophmore
Agnes Long
Maxine Maxwell
Doris Doolittle
Jeannette Wolfe
Dorothy May Lyon
Helen Rasler
Betty Wason
John Benner
Lehore Dilman
Miss Lyon
Robert
Coomey
Joseph Peterson
Helen Cohee
Lafayette Hospital
Sanatorium Board
Uupon
Educational Board
County Farm Bureau
Golf Club
Delphi Park
Martin
Lane
Eastern Star
Wise
Stinebaugh
Old Settlers
Posson Run
House
Byers
Lawn
Beard
Kerlin
Kenedy
Ellis
Hynes
McCain
Holliday
Grange
Mullin
Wallace
Gilliom
Walter Shirar
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